Turning Up the Heat

by Fred Pearce

This book investigates the conflicting new theories of global warming and the ozone hole, confirming the greenhouse effect at work on our planet. Extreme climates suggest that it could upset ocean currents, trigger the destruction of icecaps and wipe out forests.

240 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 1989

About the author

Fred Pearce is an English author and journalist based in London. He has been described as one of Britain's finest science writers and has reported on environment, popular science and development issues from 64 countries over the past 20 years. He specialises in global environmental issues, including water and climate change, and frequently takes heretic and counter-intuitive views - "a sceptic in the best sense", he says.